Well, we are heading to our first birthday party of the school year today-although undoubtably not our last! I was so happy to be able to do the frugal, and easy thing and go to my gift box (which is actually a portion of the closet under our stairs) and pull out a Doodle Bear… Keep Reading
Birthday Dinner
Well, since Mom2Fur asked about DH’s birthday dinner, I’m posting about that today and will follow up tomorrow with the hummus recipe. I promise!! It is actually already all typed out, so I really will put it up. DH and I met while we were both in the Army over in Germany. We were in… Keep Reading
Make Homemade Cards for Almost Nothing.
Way back in April when I did my “Week of Princess’s Birthday” I posted a tutorial for making your own cards in Microsoft Word. Last week at “The Homespun Heart” I ran across a “Works for Me Wednesday” post about making your own cards from cardstock and magazines. The idea is cute and simple, and… Keep Reading
Greeting Cards at the Goodwill
Did you know that the Goodwill sells greeting cards? I have several graduations coming up and was looking for graduation cards (which I do not usually keep on hand in my card box). I stopped at the Good will and they had a nice selection of new cards for a variety of holidays and occasions,… Keep Reading
Some Gave All.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arlington National Cemetery Today is Memorial Day here in the US, a holiday of national rememberance for those who have died in our nations wars. (as opposed to Veterans Day, which celebrates all those who have served). Memorial Day was originally called “Decoration Day” when it was instituted in 1868… Keep Reading
The Gift Box aka How To Avoid Last Minute Runs to The Toy Store
Yesterday on the way home from visiting my adorable 10 day old nephew, I stopped at Aldi’s to buy some milk and bread. Aldi’s is about 30 minutes from the house, and with the price of gas already up to $3.01 here in the upstate area I decided I better stock up on a few… Keep Reading
The Side Benefits of Service.
Well, since we didn’t really have any major plans for Easter Dinner (MIL being busy helping out with her new 6 day old grandson at my SIL’s house) I wound up spontaneously staying after church yesterday to help with the community Easter Dinner. I served salad, cleared tables, ran to get tea for folks, things… Keep Reading
Homemade Easter Egg Dye
We will be using this recipe to make our own Easter Egg Dye today. I’m planning on trying to use crayons to do a sort of resist technique-but that may or may not work out! Good luck and Happy Easter! Food coloring dye Food coloringhot waterwhite vinegarsmall bowls or cupsslotted spooncooking oilsoft cloth For each… Keep Reading
Rolls for Church
One of the great benefits of Frugality is that it allows you the resources to contribute to church or charities as you see fit. My church is doing a community Easter Dinner tomorrow. I looked at the sign up sheet of things to donate, and decided that the most frugal thing for me to contribute… Keep Reading
Birthday Fun and Games
This is it, the last installment of the Birthday Chronicles 🙂 I’m sure some of you are sick of hearing about Princess’s party by now. Seeing as this party was for 3-5 year olds, I didn’t feel the need for complex party games. I’ve been to parties that had very structured games for children this… Keep Reading
